Organised crime
‘I like to hurt people’: Inside the brutal world of the Comanchero bikie gang
A nine-week murder trial has laid bare the brutality, rules and rigid hierarchy of the most powerful bikie club in the nation.
- by Chris Vedelago and Erin Pearson
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Alleged Hamad crime lieutenant to stand trial over ‘tobacco war’ attacks
Majid Alibadi, 25, will face trial on 22 charges related to what police have called his role as a “regional operations manager” for the crime gang run by exiled gangland boss Kazem “Kaz” Hamad.
- by Chris Vedelago
Police uncover Nazi iconography, trip mine, grenades in Perth raids
A German anti-tank projectile was intercepted while en route from Kazakhstan to Perth, leading to WA Police and Border Force to two homes in Perth’s north-east.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
This fraudster was a VIP at Crown and Star. Now the casinos face a $70 million lawsuit
When one of Australia’s biggest Ponzi schemes collapsed, the money trail led to the casinos. Now Crown and Star could face a courtroom showdown with dudded investors.
- by Carla Jaeger and Sherryn Groch
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Investigations
Arrests, charges follow raids on Melbourne soccer club
Anti-gang and sports corruption detectives have raided houses and club rooms as part of an investigation into potential match-fixing.
- by Nick McKenzie
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Crime
The new targets in Sydney’s cocaine war
Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents are in the sights of NSW’s crime commissioner.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Crime
Two bikie bosses arrested after multiple gang crime raids across Perth
WA Police seized two luxury cars and hundreds of thousands of dollars after raiding six homes in March this year. That has led to the arrest of two senior bikie figures this week.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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AUSTRAC
Australians turned into money mules chasing crypto cash
Australia has the third-largest number of cryptocurrency ATMs in the world. They are being used to launder money for organised criminals.
- by Shane Wright
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Crime
He’s one of Australia’s most wanted criminals. This is why he’s untouchable
Police suspect Kazem Hamad is directing the Melbourne tobacco war firebombings, shootings and drug trafficking from Iraq. We reveal why they can’t bring him back to face justice.
- by Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola
A stolen passport, a chartered plane and two years on the run: How an alleged bikie boss evaded police
Rodrigo Elices, who is allegedly part of a major drug syndicate, sat for three weeks in a Manila airport to avoid facing more than 50 drug and firearms charges.
- by Riley Walter
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Crime
Sydney couple ‘laundered’ sextortion cash from young men
Can Mustafa Kaya and ex-wife Chada Khati allegedly dealt with $100,000 linked to scams involving more than 300 victims.
- by Clare Sibthorpe, Riley Walter and Sally Rawsthorne
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